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9.9 Finance Leadership Programme
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The demands of a CFO going forward require a high degree of familiarity and knowledge of the following segments:
  • Understanding your role in the context of a business, and a business organisation
  • Structuring the finance function within your organisation to ensure that it is aligned with corporate objectives
  • Understanding the business and business environment
  • “The Umbrella Effect”: Recognising the significance and financial impact of other operational functions and the ability to negotiate through the larger organisation.
  • How to support and partner the CEO/Board of Directors
  • How to communicate effectively to garner peer support within the organisation and amongst external stakeholders
  • Creating and leading a high quality team

Key Take-Aways

• Ensure alignment between your role, the overall organisation and its strategy
• What lies at the root of conflict between your role and others in the organisation?
• Are there questions that can help align the finance functions with the organisations objectives?

Programme Agenda

9:00 – 9:30 Programme introduction and agenda for the session
9:30 – 10:45   Understanding your business and the business environment
 
  • Understanding the Company: Strategically (Risks), Operationally & Financially
  • Understanding your customer and competition
  • Are there questions that can help align the finance function with the organisation’s objectives
10:45 – 11:00Coffee Break
11:00– 12:15Living your role in the finance team: creating a relevant framework
 
  • The role of today's CFO: Balancing the mundane with the strategic
  • Understand your role in context – with all its challenges and opportunities
  • Assess whether you are enabled to live that role and whether your function is structured accordingly in your company
  • Alignment of your role, the structure of your function and the organisation, in the context of the business environment
  • The 'Umbrella' effect: the escalation of the CFO's responsibilities
  • The CFO’s responsibilities have expanded rather than changed; what does this require in terms of mindset and vision readjustments?
12:15 – 1:15Lunch
1:15 – 2:45 The Collaborative CFO: Winning within the organisation
 
  • Understanding the criticality of each unit within the finance department
  • Teaching yourself to appreciate each role and be ‘non-partisan’
  • Ensuring alignment of your function with your organisation, and the outside world
  • You impact the culture: what should you watch out for?
  • Be the ally, not an adversary: building relationships with other corporate functions
  • How to improve your visibility within the company
2:45 – 4:15Case Study
 
  • Siebel Systems: The Role of the CFO
4:15 – 4:20Summing Up
4:20 – 4:30Coffee Break & Close


TRAINING PROGRAMME FEE STRUCTURE:

Registration Fee:

Rs. 10,000/delegate

'Early bird' Offer*:

Rs. 8,000/delegate

Special Offer (2 or more delegates)

Rs. 6,000/delegate

 

*The ‘Early Bird’ offer is valid only for registration received, along with full payment, on or before specified date.

The registration fee does not include participant’s travel or hotel expenses. Acceptance of registrations is subject to availability of space, and is at the discretion of 9.9 Media.

 

Refunds: Registration fee is fully refundable for cancellations received 10 days prior to a session; non refundable thereafter. Please note that all cancellations must be registered with Poonam Bhargava, 9.9 Media. All refunds will be made two days after session completion.

 


PREVIOUS SESSIONS:

Gurgaon, March 8, 2008
Mumbai, April 25, 2008
New Delhi, May 24, 2008
Bangalore, June 6, 2008

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